10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2024

Here in the UK the Austrian manufacturer Swarovski dominates the quality end of the birding market, outselling by a sizeable margin its German-based rivals, Zeiss and Leica. So if someone has Swarovskis hanging round their neck, there’s a fair chance that they take their birding seriously.

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Austria Factory Branding Germany 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If Adam Smith had known this, he would have pointed out that his pin factory example more or less has the same rationale behind it. It also happily calls in the early morning, at least where I found it, a service highly appreciated by bird watchers like me. It is fun to watch and listen to – see here and here.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. Currently, approximately 50 million laying hens are confined at only 48 square inches per bird.

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Welfare Farm Sanctuary Battery Cages Factory Farm 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). Additional issues include a shortage of law enforcement officials, as well as invasive species problems on 2.5

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 211

Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2011

Egg-laying hens may eventually get what is long overdue: enlarged cage space (144 square inches for each bird compared with the current 67 )—even perches, and scratching and nesting areas that allow the birds to express natural behavior. It could take up to 18 years for them to be phased in, if the law should pass.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

The law of diminishing returns brings the inevitability of repeat sightings and has checked the momentum of the combined beats’ list for June. The same can be said of 10,000 Birds beat writers, but we are not as sensitive on the whole. Next month, there will be a sweepstake open to all 10,000 Birds readers.

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